Enid Irving has inspected many care homes. Why, she asks, do they leave their residents sitting around all day, rather than giving them the chance to do more activity and exercise?... Why do care homes fail to get residents moving?
Enid Irving has inspected many care homes. Why, she asks, do they leave their residents sitting around all day, rather than giving them the chance to do more activity and exercise?... Volunteers, magic mushrooms, tai chi and Vit B
Read on for updates on how life after working life is getting fuller and busier;the powerful properties of mushrooms; thumbs up for tai chi after stroke;latest research on vitamins and dementia Retired? No, busy working for good causes One in five retired people have turned themselves into ‘portfolio volunteers’, taking on regular duties for two or more charities, according to a survey from the Royal Voluntary... ‘Champion our elders for the good of all’
We need encouragement to form relationships between younger and older people to break down barriers of fear and misunderstanding and develop a sense of communality with people from other generations... Stair-climbing: a step change in keeping fit
Stair-climbing is possibly the best and cheapest route to fitness ever invented (see box). Intense and powerful, it’s a complete training package for heart, lungs, bones, muscles and flexibility…... More research backs exercise for older people
Research round-up: latest news from the scientists about older poeple. Includes: hormone replacement therapy and exercise for post-menopausal women, activity versus brain shrinkage, statins and muscle weakness, inactivity as a world-wide killer... Nice ideas alone will not get us moving
We all need much more encouragement to do much more walking and cycling. But new guidelines from NICE, the government health advisory body, are so general and wishy-washy, they are likely to sink without trace... 
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